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No apartment, no access: South Korea dating app draws mixed reactions over housing criteria

Connect Seoul, the app’s operator, verifies applicants’ apartment residency through resident registration records before approving memberships.

Chinese space probe reaches asteroid for first sample collection

The Chinese space agency CNSA published a photo of the asteroid, a rugged and grey rocky mass named “2016 HO3“ that contrasts sharply with the black background of space.

Japanese teen arrested for cyberattack that unsubscribed over 46,000 anime accounts

The student allegedly sent false information to the company’s servers on Nov 4, causing the unauthorised cancellation of over 46,000 subscription accounts, according to police.

South Korea’s four oil refiners charged with price collusion

The prosecutors alleged that pricing managers at HD Hyundai Oilbank and SK Energy colluded on prices for their petroleum products shortly after the outbreak of the conflict in Iran earlier in 2026, Yonhap said.

ByteDance, Alibaba pull AI companions as Beijing tightens rules

ByteDance’s Doubao, China’s most popular AI chatbot, will shut down a feature on July 15 that allows users to customise their own AI personas.

Welcome to Hsinchu, the luxury city built by Taiwan’s AI boom

Real estate prices near Hsinchu Science Park have skyrocketed.

Taiwan says it is tracking ‘upward trend’ in Chinese naval movements

As of July 3, Taiwan was tracking a record of more than 110 Chinese military and Coast Guard ships up and down the First Island Chain.

Duterte ally arrested over plunder charge ahead of impeachment trial

If convicted by a two-thirds majority in the 24-member Senate, Duterte could be barred from running in the 2028 elections.

Japan to test driverless buses for public transit from fiscal year 2027

Bus operators, commercial vehicle makers and remote monitoring system developers will be able to apply to participate in the trial until July 29.

South Korea to create future fund from chip windfall to spur growth, tackle inequality

President Lee Jae Myung’s administration would use the “Future Response Fund” to help finance major national investment projects.

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